Posted by Larry Hoover on September 21, 2003, at 7:11:40
In reply to Lar, Hormones/Excitotoxins/Amino acids, posted by McPac on September 21, 2003, at 0:18:53
> Lar,
>
> ...been meaning to ask you something and now, since there's a thread about amino acids, here goes: I've always wondered why Pfeiffer doesn't have me on ANY aminos??I thought you were taking methionine.
> As this NeuroReplete site EMPHASIZES aminos in building neurotransmitters (Carl Pfeiffer & William Walsh have said the SAME), I can't figure out why I'm on none?
No tyrosine or phenylalanine? I forget, dude.
> Also, it has always, right from the beginning, seemed to me that Pfeiffer has me on such a "WEAK" and lame treatment program. Severe depression/ocd/anxiety (when I'm ON meds I'm MUCH, MUCH better!)---how is weak stuff like Vitamins A, C, D, E, B6, B12, TMG, methionine, calcium, magnesium, etc---how is THAT stuff going to greatly affect those major problems?
Over time, those treatments can make a substantial difference. You're one big, complicated, biochemical factory. Whatever is messed up, and whatever it is that meds do, it's all about making adjustments. Five years ago, I was near catatonic. Totally, utterly overwhelmed by depression. I'm not any more. I'm not medicated, either. And I believe, with all my heart and soul and intellect, that it was nutrient supplementation that changed all that.
You may not have a similar response. I can't promise you anything of the sort. It's a gradual restoration of functioning, one that can be so subtle as to be not be observable. But over more extended periods of time, the trend is unmistakeable.
>The only thing that I can surmise is that the whole shibang is all about getting my histamine level down (whenever THAT might occur!)...in other words, they're not really trying to give me supps that will help the depression short term (like 5htp, tryptophan, SJW, etc.), rather they are SOLELY concerned about getting the histamine down, even if that takes a LONG, LONG time and THEN they are hoping that THAT will result in my improvement. That's what it seems like to me......their communication w/ patients sucks.....later Lar!
Go ahead and try some aminos. You've nothing to lose, other than your symptoms. <wry grin>
> p.s., Lar, that God-forsaken Winter season will soon be here...ugghhhhh....I recall you saying that you too disliked the long, dark, sunless winter season...anyway, take care Hoover-man!
Yes, I have always had a significant seasonal trend. I've got my fingers crossed.
Lar
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